2024 South Carolina Republican primary election: Here’s what to watch for
Here’s what to watch for in the upcoming South Carolina primary election, and find out what’s at stake for Nikki Haley as she faces off against Donald Trump.
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Twenty years ago, Nikki Haley ran an upstart campaign to topple a heavily favored longtime incumbent who was a force in party politics, launching her political career and setting the stage for her gubernatorial run six years later.
But this time, voters in the district and county she represented as a state legislator don’t think she’s on the verge of pulling off another upset when she goes up against Donald Trump on Saturday.
Dave Mauldin, an unaffiliated voter from Lexington who is voting for Haley “just to try and screw [Trump] over,” said he expects “the Trump wave is going to be like a tsunami.”
Indeed, on Monday, the local GOP came out and endorsed Trump days ahead of the state’s Republican primary.
“The Republicans of Lexington County made it clear that they support President Trump in the First in the South Primary and wanted to make their voices heard,” Lexington County GOP Chair Mark Weber said in a statement. “Our party and our committees are taking a proactive stance in tackling the issues of today, and they decided that we must coalesce behind Donald J. Trump to end the destruction of the Biden administration as soon as possible.”
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